Great Hudson River Swim - SwimOther


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New York, New York
United States
Manhattan Islan Foundation
77F / 25C
Sunny
 		Total Time = 55m 48s
Overall Rank = 167/234
Age Group =
Age Group Rank = 0/
Pre-race routine:

Left the house on the bike for the subway at 10:00am, got to the site at 11:00am. Met Jonah, waited to see if I could leave my bike with the baggage truck. Helped reorganize the baggage to make room for it.
Event warmup:

No warm up, simply did some stretching. Was warming up pretty fast in the full suite.
Swim
  • 55m 48s
  • 2288 yards
  • 02m 26s / 100 yards
Comments:

Reaching the turn around bouy was a bit of a chore with so many swimmers around. I think I was going a bit too fast as well (guess I needed to setle in a bit).
Most of the course I did pretty good but was not too happy with my navigation. I kept correcting myself, by turning left towards the wall quite a few times.
The last 1/4 of the race was very choppy and only got worst as we got closer to the mouth of the cove.
Inside the cove, it felt as if the current was completely against us. I found myself struggling to maintain even a decent pace. Several swimmers that were behind me managed to pass me about 75yd from the mouth of the cove.
What would you do differently?:

Train more. I definately need to get more yards in the pool.
Post race
Warm down:

Ate & drank everything I could find.

What limited your ability to perform faster:

Navigation and finding a rythm in the choppy water.

Event comments:

Look forward to doing this race every year. Have not been able to do it for the past few. Hopefully that will change from here on.




Last updated: 2010-05-29 12:00 AM
Swimming
00:55:48 | 2288 yards | 02m 26s / 100yards
Age Group: 0/
Overall: 0/234
Performance: Average
Chose to leave the HR strap in the baggage. 1 - Dock to the first bouy (turning south) - 5:04 2 - South to the end - 50:40
Suit: Yes
Course: Jumped in the water from the taxi dock at Christopher Street pier. Swim .3mi to the first bouy, turn left (south), down to the North Cove Yacht pier.
Start type: Wade Plus: Shot
Water temp: 62F / 17C Current: Medium
200M Perf. Below average Remainder: Average
Breathing: Good Drafting:
Waves: Good Navigation: Below average
Rounding: Good
Post race
Weight change: %
Overall: Average
Mental exertion [1-5] 4
Physical exertion [1-5] 4
Good race? Yes
Evaluation
Course challenge Just right
Organized? Yes
Events on-time? Yes
Lots of volunteers? Yes
Plenty of drinks? Yes
Post race activities: Average
Race evaluation [1-5] 5